'What they created in the neighbourhood resembled more a distillation of the High German culture of their past than a fresh start.'

@GeorgeProchnik tells the story of the German–Jewish intellectuals who settled in Jerusalem in the early 20th century.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/vienna-by-temple-mount

'Good translation is ... a refined art. It requires not just excellent language skills, but experience, emotional intelligence and enterprise as well.'

@Bridget_Kendall on how interpreters navigate the 'perilous waters of diplomacy'.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/to-put-it-diplomatically

'Being an ambitious female artist working in the avant-garde was far from easy. Her art ... was found variously to be feminine, cold and artisanal'.

@TanyaHarrod on @EleanorClaytone's 'finely written study' of Barbara Hepworth.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/she-carved-her-own-way